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Owen Farrell excited by first award and prospect of twin challenges ahead

Mark Souster

May 9 2012, 1:01am, The Times

Farrell’s performances for Saracens earned him the young player of the season awardMike Egerton/EMPICS Sport

For some players, the end of a gruelling season cannot come quickly enough, but Owen Farrell, in his own understated way, can barely contain his excitement.

Farrell still has everything to play for over the next two months: the prospect of an Aviva Premiership semi-final on Saturday against Leicester, Saracens’ great rivals, the chance of retaining their league title in another Premiership final at Twickenham and a summer series against the Springboks.

“Who wouldn’t want to be in the final and who wouldn’t want to go on a tour to South Africa if picked?” Farrell said last night. “It is why you play the game, what you have played the whole season for; that’s why it is so exciting.”